Nik vs Sam

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Nik Vaidya

1:36:20 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
2932nd of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Sam Williams

1:36:22 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
2934th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers

Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more

Nik: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Sam: Birmingham 2025, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
NikSamedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Nik and Sam sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nik: strongest on Lunges (faster than 64% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 5%).Sam: strongest on Ski (faster than 83% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 15%).

See the numbers
Part Nik: faster than Sam: faster than
Ski 19% 83%
Push 5% 66%
Pull 30% 15%
BBJ 36% 22%
Row 12% 51%
Carry 35% 29%
Lunges 64% 29%
Wall balls 42% 46%
Roxzone 14% 18%
Runs 25% 21%

Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.

Part by part

Part Nik Sam
SkiErg 19% 83%
Sled push 5% 66%
Sled pull 30% 15%
Burpee broad jump 36% 22%
Row 12% 51%
Farmers carry 35% 29%
Sandbag lunges 64% 29%
Wall balls 42% 46%
Roxzone (moving) 14% 18%
Runs (8 km) 25% 21%

The share of their own field each athlete beat on that segment, at the race named on the left. Higher is better; green marks the better of the two. A dash means no split was published.

Those races as one bar each

Nik · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:36:20
6:094:485:025:215:425:425:376:185:435:235:272:235:254:445:507:479:07
Sam · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:36:22
5:414:154:562:565:276:335:267:125:564:495:532:306:056:046:427:318:34
RunsStationsRoxzone (moving between stations)

This chart draws the race in order, left to right: each 1 km run (blue), each station (yellow) and the roxzone (grey), sized by its time.Nik · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 44:55 running, 42:25 at the stations and 9:07 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:47).Below, Sam · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 46:05 running, 41:50 at the stations and 8:34 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:31).

See the numbers
Part Nik · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men Sam · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 6:09 5:41
SkiErg 4:48 4:15
Run 2 5:02 4:56
Sled push 5:21 2:56
Run 3 5:42 5:27
Sled pull 5:42 6:33
Run 4 5:37 5:26
Burpee broad jump 6:18 7:12
Run 5 5:43 5:56
Row 5:23 4:49
Run 6 5:27 5:53
Farmers carry 2:23 2:30
Run 7 5:25 6:05
Sandbag lunges 4:44 6:04
Run 8 5:50 6:42
Wall balls 7:47 7:31
Roxzone 9:07 8:34
Finish 1:36:20 1:36:22

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Nik Sam Gap
Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 1:36:20 1:36:22 0:02 · Nik faster
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